Improvement in hangers for pulleys



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Hangers for Pulleys.

N0. 139,898. `lD'qltentedJune?.1,873..

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIOE.

JOHN KENT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT 1N HANGERS FQR PULLEYS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 139,898, dated June 17,1873 application filed i March 18, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN KENT, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hangers for Pulleys;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawingforming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a frontelevation of my improved hanger, and Fig. 2 an end elevation of thesame.

Similar letters of reference indicate the same parts in both thefigures.

The object of this invention is to provide a hanger for pulleys,constructed in such a manner that it can be adjusted both vertically andhorizontally, so that the pulleys can be set at any angle that maybedesired. By this means, in manufactories and machineshops in which anumber of different machines are run at one and the same time, a smallernumber of shafts and pulleys is required, thus securing economy both incost and power. My improved hanger is also simple and inexpensive in itsconstruction, and may be fitted and secured in positions in which itwould be difiicult, if not impossible, to place a hanger of ordinaryconstruction.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will proceed to aparticular description thereof.

In the drawing, A represents that portion of the hanger which is securedto the ceiling or beam, which consists of a metal plate bent at rightangles or other suitable angle, the horizontal portion a of this platebeing secured to the ceiling or beam in the usual manner. This plate Amay be of suitable length to support any number of pulleys that may bedesired, and in the lower or upright portion b are upright slots c,corresponding in number with the number of pulleys. Fitted and se-Vcured to this plate A is an angular or elbow plate, B, through the upperand vertical portion of which passes a set-screw or screw-bolt, C, whichlatter also passes through the slot c; and to the under side of thelower and horizontal portion of this plate B are secured the U-shapedarms D (the lower ends of which form the bearing` for the pulley-shaftE) by means of a screw-bolt F, which passes through a slot in the saidlower portion of the plate B.

It will be readily seen that the pulley H may be raised or lowered bymeans of the screwbolt c, and by the same means may be set at anydesired angle, as, for instance, in the position shown by the dottedlines at the left of Fig. l and it will also be seen that by means ofthe screw-bolt F the pulley may be set to face in any direction, as, forinstance, in the positions shown in Fig. 2, one of which is indicated bydotted lines.

A hanger constructed in the manner above described, while it is veryefficient for the pur poses for which it is intended, may bemanuyfactured at a small cost, and is very easily repaired in the eventof any of its parts being broken.

What I claim as my invention is- An adjustable hanger for pulleys,constructed as herein shown and described, for the purposes set forth.

JOHN KENT. Witnesses:

JOHN S. THORNTON, JOHN O. GRADY.

